Biographical entry Ball, Lionel Clive (1877 - 1955)

Summary

Lionel Clive Ball was Chief Geologist, Geological Survey of Queensland 1931-46. He first joined the Geological Survey Office in 1900.

Details

Born Sydney, 12 January 1877. Died Brisbane, February 1955. Educated University of Sydney (mining and metallurgical engineering). Broken Hill Proprietary's mine, Broken Hill ca 1899; Assistant geologist, Geological Survey of Queensland 1900; Deputy Chief Government Geologist 1921; geological surveyor 1931-36; Chief Government Geologist 1931-46; executive director, Aerial, Geological and Geophysical Survey of North Australia from 1934.

Events

1890s

Education - Mining and metallurgical engineering studies at the University of Sydney

c. 1899

Career position - Metallurgist for Broken Hill Proprietary's mine, Victoria

1900

Career position - Assistant Geologist on the Geological Survey of Queensland

1921

Career position - Deputy Chief Government Geologist in Queensland

1931 - 1946

Career position - Chief Government Geologist for Queensland

1934 -

Career position - Executive Director of the Aerial, Geological and Geophysical Survey of North Australia

Archival resources

Geological Survey of Queensland

• Lionel Clive Ball - Records, 1931 - 1946; Geological Survey of Queensland. Details

John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland

• Lionel Clive Ball - Records, 1900 - 1901, OM70-27; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details
• Lionel Clive Ball - Records, 1948 - 1949, OM65-6/2; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details
• Lionel Clive Ball - Records, 1949 - 1951, OM64-28/2; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details

Published resources

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Ball, Lionel Clive', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475736. Details